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butterbean · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 2269

7/11/06

Durham, N.C. -- Latinos bring negative stereotypes about black Americans to the U.S. when they immigrate and identify more with whites than blacks, according to a study of the changing political dynamics in the South.

The research also found that living in the same neighborhoods with black Americans seems to reinforce, rather than reduce, the negative stereotypes Latino immigrants have of blacks, said Paula D. McClain, a Duke University political science professor who is the study’s lead author.

McClain said the findings are significant because the South has the largest population of blacks in the U.S. and has been defined more than other regions along a black-white divide. How Latino immigrants relate to blacks and whites -- and how those groups relate to Latinos -- has implications for the social and political dynamic of the region, she said.

(http://journalofpolitics.org/art68_3.html#a7). The study was funded by the Ford Foundation.

Researchers found that 58.9 percent of Latino immigrants -- most Latinos in Durham are from Mexico -- feel that few or almost no blacks are hard-working. About one-third, or 32.5 percent, of Latino immigrants reported they feel few or almost no blacks are easy to get along with. More than half of the Latino immigrants, or 56.9 percent, feel that few or almost no blacks could be trusted.

White residents in Durham actually have a more positive view of blacks, leading researchers to conclude that Latinos’ negative views were not adopted from whites.

http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2006/07/racialpolitics.html

For more information, contact: Kelly Gilmer | (919) 681-8065 | kelly.gilmer@duke.ed

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cornbread · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 112

I know that's true. My buddies who work in construction say that the illegals talk crap about black people all the time. Yet, they try to get the black people on their side when they have their marches.

cornbread · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 112

Bootsie · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 492

I've heard the same thing. The Mexicans don't like the blacks and the feeling is mutual in return. THAT is where I worry about a real explosive situation because the illegals are taking the jobs that the blacks used to do but they are doing them better so that is causing a lot of strife.

TxTeacher · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 64

Every time you turn around, there are fights in schools between who?? Black and Hispanic students! It starts from their parents, relatives, older siblings and trickles all the way down. Like a song said, children are not born hating each other, they're taught to do so.

Bootsie · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 492

I've heard there is a serious problem in the schools with black gangs fighting Hispanic gangs. You're right--it is sure a trickle down theory.